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Common Boghorse
“ It turns out to be a mythological kelpie horse in Europe, and all humans or fairies perish when the monotreme is forced into deep water. It bothers me that the kelpie is connected to both Barbie and Oppenheimer; this is the worst thing the gods have ever thought of! ”
– Mikey Nygzuqtuq
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Suborder: Anatiequidia
Family: Anatiequidae
Genus: Barbenheimeria
Species: Barbenheimeria jarraman
Descendant: monotremes
Described by: Edward Lightwell, 1904
Size: 52 and 56 inches, 132 and 142 cm; 13 and 14 hands (52 and 56 inches, 132 and 142 cm)
Lifespan: 10 years
Activity: Nocturnal 🌃
Thermoregulate: Endotherm
Type(s):
Synapsids
Mammals (Monotremes)
Mythical
Fictional
Title(s):
Kelpie
Pantheon(s):
Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Sawintiran 🇺🇳✨
Time Period: Eocene−Holocene
Alignment: Loyal
Threat Level: ★★★
Diet: Omnivorous 🥩🌿
Element(s): Water 🌊
Inflict(s): Waterblight 🌊, Venom 🤢🟣, Stunned 😵, Elemental Res Down 🔽
Weakness(es): Electric ⚡, Leaf 🌿
Casualties: n/a
Based On:
Fictional
Water horse/kelpie
Barbenheimer
Conservation Status:
Earth: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
Berbania: Near Threatened (NT) – IUCN Red List
Reinachos: Least Concern (LC) – IUCN Red List
Sawintir: Near Threatened (NT) – IUCN Red List
The Common Boghorse (Barbenheimeria jarraman) is the fictional species of monotreme introduced in Earth Responsibly universe.
The word Boghorse is a composite of "bog" and "horse," because Europeans saw a "horse" or "kelpie" walking over bog, which is a moniker because the Boghorse lives in bogged areas and is associated with rivers, wetlands, pitch muds, and woodlands.
Singular: Boghorse
Plural: Boghorses
This genus name is from Barbenheimer, an Internet phenomenon that began on social media before the simultaneous theatrical release of two blockbuster films, Barbie (2023) and Oppenheimer (2023), on July 21, 2023, in the United States and several other countries. And the scientific name jarraman, the Latinized word of yarraman for "horse," comes from Yuggera and Wakawaka people in Australia.
The Common Boghorse is a kind of horse-like monotreme that emerges from its underwater habitat to interact with the islanders. However, some suggest it assumes the form of a colt as a result of horses' converging evolution. A monotreme with goblin blood, the Common Boghorse has a brownish coat with a white belly, long legs with four toes and two fingers, a short flat tail like a platypus, pointed ears, and a large snout mouth.
The Boghorse possessed a tongue that was long, sticky, and flexible (up to 43 cm), making it ideal for lapping up insects, vermin, berries, and nectars.
The Boghorse possessed exceptional endurance, adapting to Eurasia's harsh steppe climate, which ranged from frigid winters to hot, dry summers. This horse-like monotreme can live on scant feed and handle dehydration better than domestic horses, and it excels at seeking food in snow and avoiding predators. The Boghorse was disease resistant, generally hardy, and resilient in the wild, despite the fact that it is not related to horses but rather to echidnas and platypuses.
The Boghorse is a violent monotreme that appears as a brown horse to lure any hostile victims onto its back before carrying them to a watery grave and beating the victim with its claws and hooves. It is not a real horse or colt. The boghorse's body produces water through its sweat glands, called "Pretty and Bombed Prayed," and these water droplets mix to form three rings of sweat water around the animal's body. Before they vanish, they cure it of any status problems.
A spray of boiling hot water surrounded by steam is emitted from the mouth of the Common Boghorse, the only animal and natural catastrophe that can do this to an adversary. Skin blistering and burns by the adversary are 50% likely to occur. If the person is frozen, scald will cause them to defrost when it is executed. Their hooves, like those of Platypus, have spurs and contain venom that is highly concentrated in defensin-like proteins (DLPs), which result in swelling and agonizing agony. While smaller animals like dogs may die from its sting, there has been one known case of a human being dying from poison.
The Boghorse eats almost entirely ants and termites, with occasional forays into grasses, sedges, flowers, berries, and other plants that rely on the monotreme for seed dissemination. This monotreme is an ecosystem engineer, since its abandoned burrows provide shelter for a variety of species, including boars, porcupines, hyenas, snakes, owls, hamsters, and others, as well as aiding in the management of termite and ant populations. Wolves, lions, tigers, crocodilians, vultures, and pythons are the Boghorse's primary natural predators, with foals occasionally taken by eagles and storks. Boghorses play an important role in ecosystems as keystone burrowers who shape ecosystems by providing shelter for a variety of creatures. The monotreme regulates ant and termite populations, so ensuring ecological balance. Their
breeding season varies by area, with foals born in the spring/summer; foals can stand and run within an hour of birth and are nursed by their mother until they are 10 months old.
These are one of few mammals that lay eggs:
Female lays 1–3 eggs in a burrow
Incubation: ~10 days
Babies (called puggles) hatch very underdeveloped
No nipples—milk is secreted through skin and lapped up by the young
The Boghorse is rarely seen due to its nocturnal habits, and it has a shy, timid, and distrustful nature towards humans, as it has never been successfully tamed, similar to platypuses in Australia, but this species was invasive from Everrealm during prehistoric times, and it is known by Europeans as "kelpie," "water horse," or "nokk". They do not build human ties in the same way as horse-like monotremes do.
The Boghorse is significantly more difficult to handle than feral domestic horses due to its untamable temperament, which it learned from echidnas. Studies have discovered that because these "horses" are monotremes, they have higher rates of aggressiveness within their solidarity than both wild and domestic horses. The Boghorse was immortalized by the early Europeans as "water horses" due to their behavior. To ensure safety, keep a safe distance (at least 50 feet or more) from them and never feed, pet, or approach them; otherwise, the Boghorse will drag unwary victims or predators to a watery doom.
Boghorses are frightening monotremes that attract humans to their fate, so keep a safe distance away from them. They are particularly well-known for convincing people to ride them before racing into the river and drowning their victim. Kelpie myths are most known in Scotland, where they appear frequently in legends about the country's numerous lochs and rivers.
Habitat loss
Competition with livestock
Fragmentation blocking migration routes
Hunting in some areas
Water pollution
Climate change (drought reduces rivers)
Fishing nets (colts can drown)
IUCN Red List: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
Habitat protection.
Anti-poaching enforcement.
Rescue and rehabilitation centers.
Awareness campaigns against illegal pet trade.
The legend from the British Isles says that this species is located all over Eurasia, including in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. This animal was favorite to live in the bog because of their name, and it was a mistake for a horse, as a result of convergent evolution. Their nest was filled with swamp vegetation, and eggs of this species were hidden in bushes near the water.
The Boghorse's habitat includes open grasslands, ponds, woodland borders, and river valleys. It is adaptable to tropical, subtropical, temperate, and Mediterranean forests and marshes, and can live outside all year.
Movement Pattern: Full Migrant
Individual Type: Solo/Herd
Recovery Category: Largely Depleted
Population Trend: Unspecific
Population: 5,000
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests, Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Warm River; Cold River; Lukewarm River; Warm Pond; Cold Pond; Aquifer; Warm Littoral; Cold Littoral; Warm Intertidal; Radiated Citadel; Lava Tube; Volcano; Lava Trench; Basalt Delta; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.
Earth:
Extant & Introduced (Resident): Afghanistan; Algeria; Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bhutan; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brunei; Bulgaria; Cambodia; China; Christmas Island; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Egypt; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Hong Kong; Hungary; India; Indonesia (Jawa; Sumatra); Iran; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Kazakhstan; North Korea; South Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia; Lebanon; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malaysia; Malta; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Myanmar; Nepal; Netherlands; Nihon; North Macedonia; Norway; Papua New Guinea; Philippines (Cebu; Palawan; Sulu; Zamboanga); Portugal; Poland; Romania; Russian (European Russia; Eastern Asian Russia; Central Asian Russia); Serbia; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain (European Spain, Ceuta); Sudan; South Sudan; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Timor-Leste; Tunisia; Türkiye; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland; England; Scotland; Wales; Isle of Manx); Viet Nam; Yemen
Extant, Introduced & Vagrant (Non-breeding): Philippines (Luzon); United Kingdom (Cornwall); Yemen (Socotra)
Berbania:
Extant & Introduced (Resident): TBA
Reinachos:
Extant & Introduced (Resident): TBA
Sawintir/Everrealm:
Extant (Resident): TBA
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